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2021-02-22

SISHK student recognised for commitment to serving the community

Clara Tai SISHK student recognised for commitment to serving the community We are delighted to be awarded the Most Engaging School Club by Kids4Kids, recognising our students’ efforts in bringing the joy of reading English picture books to primary school kids. Natalie Tay volunteered in the Buddy Reading Program of Kids4Kids and led a team to transition face-to-face reading workshops to online sessions for kids. Through these activities, Natalie and her team developed social and interpersonal skills of kids, as […]

2021-02-15

Green Day 29th January 2021 : Cultivate environmental awareness

Amanda Whitehead, Audrey Cheong Green Day 29th January 2021 : Cultivate environmental awareness Smart phones, bags, pens all contain plastic in some form. Toxic substances enter water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and degrade the quality of water. Marine debris are frequently mistaken for food by sea-life. We encourage students to explore their environment and build up their self-efficacy which helps them understand what behaviours can prevent water pollution. On 29th January 2021, our primary students all wore a […]

2021-02-09

Innovation and Design projects inspire digital creativity and engineering mindset

Edwina Lam, Jean-Patric April Innovation and Design projects inspire digital creativity and engineering mindset In today’s highly dynamic digital world, new technology will emerge suddenly and turn novel ideas into new products and customer experience. We are preparing students to be creative problem solvers by teaching them computational thinking and design thinking using digital technology as the medium. Gizmo Box The Gizmo Box project promotes the joy of learning by enabling students to consolidate their coding skills and apply them […]

2021-01-25

Marine plastic pollution drama brings environmental awareness to students

Samuel Craig , Simone Louw One might not think of the relationship between ocean pollution and drama, but in our school the two were bridged together. Our P1 drama teachers integrated the creative dramatic process and environmental education as a means of exposing students to the issue of marine plastic pollution. The pandemic added complexity this year: how to learn drama without the ability to interact within the same physical space? In an attempt to figure out what would best […]

2020-12-09

Reading Week

Ashley Koh (S1L) and Yuxuan Meng (S1L) This year’s reading week was my first at SIS, and it was definitely a fun one! At the start of the week, during Teacher Dress Up, teachers from the English Department of SISHK dressed up as characters from books and students were tasked with guessing who dressed up as what, and from what book. Some of the ones we saw were Mary Poppins, Geronimo Stilton and Miss Havisham. That lunchtime, the Treasure Hunt […]

2020-11-23

Secondary Student Leaders’ Investiture

On 11 November 2020, students, parents and teachers gathered virtually to attend the Secondary Student Leaders’ Investiture. At the event, Athletic Council, Community Council, Student Council, Audio-Visual Committee, Muzé Committee, Heads of Houses and House Representatives have been appointed as a student leader in our SISHK Family for the Academic Year 2020-2021. You can meet the student leaders and learn about their vision for the respective councils with the video below:

2020-11-19

STEM Week

Wong Yifeng Gavin (S3M) STEM Week is an annual event at SISHK which aims to promote and involve the school community in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Throughout this week, we held various activities exploring different fields within STEM: from experiments showing the effectiveness of masks, to simple coding activities and learning about the mechanism and applications of 3D printers. With the overarching theme of pandemic this year, we decided to tie in aspects of the current […]

2020-10-20

Our School, Our Stories Special Mention Award

Danny Toh UNITED AS ONE: Teamwork, resilience and effort that go into achieving a common goal — these stories show the spirit of unity in our schools. SISHK -Together, Convicted to Fight a Good Fight 1,768 entries from 248 schools were received for the competition this year– that’s a record-breaking number of participants for the Our Schools, Our Stories (OSOS) photo contest. 30 entries were eventually selected for the various awards. For the second consecutive year, our staff Mr […]

2020-10-14

Secondary One Orientation

Cheuk Fung Jethro Yau (S1M) It was about five years ago that I first set foot in the secondary school grounds. I was fascinated that I recently got to completely explore this award-winning building with aesthetic suites, a large sports hall, spiral staircases and the like. Now, five years later, my wish of learning at this exquisite campus is finally granted. As I began the third part of my educational journey here, I got the first impression of a busy […]

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